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Residents report increase in activity on Fulton, East Eighth streets

Work has been ongoing to help with the drugs and other ongoing activities in the neighborhood of Fulton Street and East Eighth Street, yet residents are reporting some activities continue, and are getting worse. At a recent public safety committee meeting, Fulton Street resident Paul Wolff ...

Gauging Support

PANAMA — A study has found that a merger of the Clymer, Sherman and Panama school districts is feasible. Now, it’s time to see how feasible it is for the communities involved. The three school boards will have to officially decide to move forward with the process and how to gauge ...

County says AI creating overload of FOIL requests

Artificial Intelligence programs are being blamed as the culprit for Chautauqua County needing to increase staffing in its law department. The Chautauqua County Legislature’s Administrative Services Committee has backed a request from the county Law Department to hire an additional paralegal. The law department is seeking an additional $105,982 for its budget, which will come from the county’s reserves. Of that amount, $53,594 will be for a new paralegal and $52,388 will cover a budgetary error for 2026. County Attorney Emily Woodard discussed the request during the committee ...

Carroll highway employees may join Teamsters

FREWSBURG - Carroll Town Board members will hold a public work session and informational meeting at 6 p.m. June 24 regarding Highway Department contract negotiations and the department’s unionization. The department has been represented in the past by the IBEW, though a Public Employee Relations Board opinion filed in 2023 as part of an employee matter showed the union’s grip on the Highway Department wasn’t very right. According to a Facebook post recently by Timothy Burkett, Carroll town supervisor, the Highway Department is trying to transition to the Teamsters for union ...

Sea Lion Drive house to be torn down soon

MAYILLE – After many years and appearances in court, a dilapidated house in the village will soon be torn down. At the June Mayville Village Board meeting, officials passed a resolution hiring HH Rauh Contracting Co, LLC of Ashville to demolish 199 Sea Drive at a cost of $16,325 and do ...

Molitor recognizes 200 years of The Post-Journal

Newsgathering organizations play a vital role in keeping readers informed. New York State Assemblyman Andrew Molitor R-Westfield, recently congratulated Post-Journal Publisher Michael Bird honoring the newspaper’s 200th anniversary. “We know how vital the news is to our democratic ...